Compost tea can be sprayed directly on some plants as a foliar spray or used for watering when plants need a quick nutrient boost (nutrients in solution are more available to plants). Compost tea will also help to improve microbial activity in the soil. As a foliar spray, the thin film created by the microbes will help to prevent fungal spores from adhering to the leaf surface. To make compost tea, soak finished compost in a bucket overnight, then filter solids using a screen or old strainer. A cloth tea bag can also be used (and reused). For maximum microbial activity, use an aeration system to make your tea --beneficial microbes need oxygen to survive.
Liquid preparation made using compost as a starting material used as a foliar application to combat plant pathogens or supplement plant nutrients.
Compost tea is used to enhance the productivity of beneficial microorganisms in water which makes nutrient rich fertilizer.
A solution made by soaking compost in water, which is used as a fertilizer and disease inhibitor.
water in which finished compost has been 'steeped' to concoct a liquid fertilizer for plants.
An infusion made by leaching water through compost, sometimes with nutrients added, such as molasses and kelp, to encourage certain organisms. Soluble organic matter and the organisms in the compost are rinsed out of the solid phase and left suspended in the water. This "liquid compost" is easier to apply than solid compost.
Compost Tea, a liquid solution or suspension made by steeping compost in water, puts necessary microbes back into the soil—it has a very short shelf life[citation needed]